| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jun | Cai | Yangtze University | China | Excellence in Research | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Zizhen | Wang | China University of Petroleum (EastChina) | China | Distinguished Scientist Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jianchun | Xu | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Best Unconventional Resource Development Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Rashed | Sahraeian | Shahed university | Iran | Best Scholar Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Pietro | Falciglia | Univeristy of Catania | Italy | Best Review Paper Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Obakeng | Nchoe | WITS University | South Africa | Best Review Paper Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Avishkar | Bhoskar | Asian Lab Grown Diamonds | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Gabriel | Omolaiye | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Sameer | Arora | National Institute of Urban Affairs | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Łukasz | Warguła | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Bawoke Mekuye | Getnet | Mekdela Amba University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Christopher | Mkono | China university of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Samy | K. Moawad | Ain Shams University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Taiba | Kouser | King Fahd University of Petrolium and Minerals Dhahran | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yuxin | Zhao | CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute (TGRI) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Reza | Zabihi | Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jean Marie Stevy | SAMA | Université de Douala Cameroun | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Fei | Huo | southwest petroleum university | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jingye | Liu | School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Hossein | Kiani | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |